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Tuesday 16 December 2008 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 22:5710:57 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:468:46 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:575:57 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:469:46 AM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 235° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 79% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 235° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:184:18 AM–05:085:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:434:43 AM–05:575:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–12:1212:12 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:461:46 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:464:46 PM–18:166:16 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:405:40 PM–18:056:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:405:40 PM–18:546:54 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:487:48 AM–09:189:18 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:178:17 AM–09:049:04 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:538:53 AM–10:2110:21 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4911:49 AM–13:161:16 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:442:44 PM–16:124:12 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3510:35 PM–23:2411:24 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya29:495:49+1 AM–31:217:21+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

sunrise to sunrise

The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.

Day sunrise to sunset

Roga05:575:57 AM–07:257:25 AMavoid
Udvega07:257:25 AM–08:538:53 AMavoid
Cara08:538:53 AM–10:2110:21 AMneutral
Lābha10:2110:21 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Amṛta11:4911:49 AM–13:161:16 PMgood
Kāla13:161:16 PM–14:442:44 PMavoid
Śubha14:442:44 PM–16:124:12 PMgood
Roga16:124:12 PM–17:405:40 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:405:40 PM–19:127:12 PMavoid
Lābha19:127:12 PM–20:448:44 PMgood
Udvega20:448:44 PM–22:1710:17 PMavoid
Śubha22:1710:17 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Amṛta23:4911:49 PM–25:211:21+1 AMgood
Cara25:211:21+1 AM–26:532:53+1 AMneutral
Roga26:532:53+1 AM–28:254:25+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:254:25+1 AM–29:575:57+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:575:57 AM to 29:575:57+1 AM

05:575:57 AM sunrise17:405:40 PM sunsetsunrise 29:575:57+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 20:468:46 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣāuntil 18:166:16 PM
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vaidhṛtiuntil 16:064:06 PM
Viṣkambhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 09:469:46 AM
Taitilauntil 20:468:46 PM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–12:1212:12 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:442:44 PM–16:124:12 PM
Pradoṣa 17:405:40 PM–19:197:19 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13+1 AM

Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.

  1. SunrisePañcamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1212:12 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:124:12 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. ViṣkambhaYoga: Vaidhṛti ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:197:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. MaghāNakṣatra: Āśleṣā ends.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pañcamī20:468:46 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraĀśleṣā18:166:16 PMMaghā
YogaVaidhṛti16:064:06 PMViṣkambha
KaraṇaKaulava09:469:46 AMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:57 05:575:57 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2065
Śaka
1930
Kali
5109
Ahargaṇa
1 866 351
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
21:569:56 PM
Moonset
09:409:40 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:184:18 AM05:575:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:184:18 AM05:085:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:434:43 AM05:575:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:575:57 AM08:178:17 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:487:48 AM09:189:18 AMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:178:17 AM10:3810:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:178:17 AM09:049:04 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:538:53 AM10:2110:21 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5912:59 PM15:203:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:461:46 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:442:44 PM16:124:12 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:203:20 PM17:405:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:464:46 PM18:166:16 PMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:405:40 PM19:197:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:405:40 PM18:056:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:405:40 PM18:546:54 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3510:35 PM23:2411:24 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:495:49+1 AM31:217:21+1 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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